Synonyms for denigration
Most common
defamation slander calumny aspersion belittling deprecation belittlement
All synonyms
Noun
1. Slander
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of making black; a blackening or defamation.
Related words
- Word family
- denigrate
Forms
- Plural
- denigrations → slanders, calumnies, defamations, aspersions…
Example sentences
- defamation You're so vain, you sued Carly Simon for defamation.
- slander She loudly said every slander imaginable about me.
- calumny There's something even worse than calumny, it's truth.
- belittling Tom and Mary took turns belittling the taxi driver.
- deprecation She has a nice line in self-deprecation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| denigration | rising | |
| defamation | rising | |
| slander | steady | |
| calumny | steady | |
| aspersion | falling | |
| belittling | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- slander2, calumny3
- 9 letters
- aspersion3
- 10 letters
- defamation4, belittling4
- 11 letters
- deprecation
- 12 letters
- belittlement
- 13 letters
- disparagement
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (slander2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dénigrement
- Italiano
- denigrazione
- Deutsch
- Herabwürdigung